The Food of Italy - Part II (p. 387) Waverly Root Description: In this thoroughly comprehensive, utterly captivating culinary guidebook, acclaimed food writer Waverley Root traverses Italy from Lombardy to Sicily, and across 3,000 years of invasions. An exhaustive catalog of the country’s gastronomic legacy, The Food of Italy explains the regional delicacies, the traditions, […]
The next IHSI Book Club meeting is at noon on March 23 at Catello’s. The selected book is Vita a Novel by Melania G. Mazzucco. Synopsis: After arriving at Ellis Island, two poor children from Southern Italy--Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, age nine--struggle to survive in New York City amid the poverty, opportunity, and crime […]
Naples Declared, a Walk Around the Bay by Benjamin Taylor is the April Book Club selection. A personal tour through the beauty and squalor of Naples profiles the city's natural and human-made characteristics around its bay while sharing passionate, lighthearted insights into the ancient city and its culture. Presents a tour through the beauty and […]
The IHSI Book Club will meet at noon on May 25 at Catello’s. The selected book is: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold By Italo Calvino; Translated By George Martin Part 1 will cover the Introduction through page 352 , The Little Geese. The next IHSI Book Club meeting is at noon in June at Catello’s […]
The selected book is: Italian Folktales Selected and Retold By Italo Calvino; Translated By George Martin Part 2. Part 2 will cover page 353, The Water in the Basket, through page 715.
Hopefully, everyone is looking forward to this month's selection that will be a quick read compared to the last 3 months! Book Selection: Francesca's Kitchen by Peter Pezzelli RSVP to Marilyn Rowlett
May's reading selection will be A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. Lunch begins at 12:00 noon.
June's reading selection will be Last Letters of Jacopo Ortiz by Ugo Foscolo. Lunch begins at 12:00 noon. UPDATE: The June meeting of the IHSI Book Club will take place at IHSI Corporate Member's - Iozzo's Garden of Italy Restaurant
July's reading selection will be The Shoemaker’s Wife by Adriana Trigiani. Lunch begins at 12:00 noon. PLEASE NOTE THE UPDATED LOCATION BELOW
